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June 23, 2007

Julian Tavarez, Adult Film Star

While talking to Julian Tavarez the other day about his impoverished upbringing in the Dominican -- he never went to school, sold newspapers, cleaned shoes and helped his dad, a construction worker -- Tavarez sheepishly admitted he had an odd ambition as a kid. If he couldn't be a baseball player, he said, he thought he might have a future as an adult movie star. ...

The way Julian explained it, he was exposed to a lot of that stuff as a kid, and saw it as a way to a better life.

Julian's situation should not be taken as being sexually assaulted as a kid. His situation was more to do with poverty, resulting in lack of parent supervision, Coupled with the the economic necessity for children to work. All this leads to children getting exposed to adult stuff, porn, smoking etc. Stuff that makes them feel like they are adults. Unfortunately this is true for kids in impoverished households anywhere in the world. Be it the Caribbean , from where Julian comes from (or India, where I originally come from and where I have heard stories like this). While Julian might have behaved crazy many times, he has had a longer career than many pitchers can hope for, and makes money enough to qualify as living an american dream.

His situation was more to do with poverty, resulting in lack of parent supervision, Coupled with the the economic necessity for children to work. All this leads to children getting exposed to adult stuff, porn, smoking etc. Stuff that makes them feel like they are adults.

Bullshit.

Kids from homes with money are exposed to all kinds of shit, too. If you think having money equals having proper parental supervision, you haven't seen any typical rich American kids.

And kids from poor families are not necessarily exposed to sex at an early age.